Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountains and High PlainsDepartment of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, 2002 - Cooking - 128 pages Planning a successful perennial garden in Colorado, the Rocky Mountains and High Plains comes with its share of soil and climate challenges. Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountain High Plains is a comprehensive guide to the best performing perennials based on performance results from Colorado State University's W.D. Holley Plant Environmental Research Center (PERC).
The 322 plants described in this publication were rated according to landscape use, height, width, foliage color and fall effect, winter injury, ornamental fruit, disease and insect problems. These top-performing perennials are ideal for xeriscapes, rock gardens, wildflower gardens, and the traditional perennial border. Plants that attract bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds are also featured.
This book is a necessary tool for the horticulture industry, landscape architects and designers, park personnel, the home gardener, and horticulturists in the Rocky Mountain-High Plains region. |
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Contents
Introduction | 6 |
Plant Descriptions of the Best Performing Perennials at PERC | 13 |
Plant Descriptions of Best Performing Ornamental Grasses at PERC | 83 |
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Achillea Anemone Aster Asteraceae Asteraceae Compositae basal bloom coverage blue-green chlorosis Clematis clusters Color of bloom Colorado Coreopsis verticillata cultivar cut flower Growth dark green Daylilies Deadheading Dianthus dried flower Growth drought tolerant evergreen excellent florets flower Growth habit flower stalks Foliage color frost full sun garden Growth habit genus Geranium grass ground cover grow grown at PERC hairy Hosta hybrids Individually 0.5 inflorescence inflorescence 2.5 Iris July Color Lamiaceae lanceolate Landscape lavender leaf Leucanthemum x superbum mass Medium green mid-July mid-June moist moisture native peak in late Penstemon perennial border petals Phlox pink flowers plant H Plants at PERC Pulsatilla vulgaris purple purpurea racemes rhizomes rock garden rosette Sedum Sedum spurium seed self-sow semi-evergreen September Color shade showy species Specimen speedwell spike speedwell spreading Stachys byzantina Upright Veronica vigorous well-drained soil white flowers wildflower garden winter woodland garden xeriscape xeriscape garden yellow
Bibliographic information
| Title | Best Perennials for the Rocky Mountains and High Plains Volume 573, Part 1 of Bulletin (Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station) Volume 573, Part 1 of Bulletin (Colorado State University. Cooperative Extension Service) |
| Authors | Celia Tannehill, James E. Klett |
| Contributor | Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station |
| Edition | illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Colorado State University, 2002 |
| Original from | University of Minnesota |
| Digitized | Oct 27, 2015 |
| ISBN | 188914309X, 9781889143095 |
| Length | 128 pages |
| Subjects | › › Cooking / General Gardening / Flowers / Perennials Gardening / Regional / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY) |
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